costello. good well wishes to ernie tyler who was taken to the hospital the other night and he is recuperating so all of that for the tyler family. he's legend here. >> we are thinking good thoughts for you. we are going to talk about baltimore 5, classic 5 golf course here in town. they are going to be out raising money for breast cancer all month. we will talk with tom in a couple minutes about how they will do it especially this weekend. >> sounds like a good thing. >> tee it newspaper a cool project is going on i didn't know how best to describe it but it is sound scape and it captures the sounds an interactive mat. and you can get involved and it's neat project. >> it's not personal. this is the sounds that one makes. >> no. no worries. we won't do sounds like that. >> all right. we will talk about family shelter. what's this about? >> i think it's a neat story. it canly financial institution is hard to find one that's local and does things to the local

community. so the bank is celebrating the 100th anniversary and helping out a local family center and how to you can help them out because they need help. >> and we will talk pets and vets dr. monty will be here answering e-mail questions right. >> yes. write it down if you have a question for the good doc, whoa love it and answer it for you. you have to e-mail us so morning show at wmar.com and when he comes on with the segment, we will get your e-mails answered here on the air. all right. can we show the video later maybe next week of your dog trying to climb steps. >> really. >> yeah can we do that. >> my dog can be put on television any time. >> it's unbelievable. let's go to the hot topic of the day. it's what's going on in new york. new yorkers on food stamps may have to come with up cash to pay for sugar sweetened drinks. the mayor michael bloomberg and governor david paterson are hoping to add sugary drinks to the list of banned foot stamp purchases can i wi includes

alcohol and cigarettes and the two say it is an effort to fight obesity. so, of course that's what we want your comments on the two cents here today. >> yeah. it was one in the newsroom people were debating whether it's fair and we asked your two cents. >> so on the wmar facebook fan page the question of the day is do you believe there should be restriction on what you can buy with food stamps? char writes in if you want the good stuff, work. and earn it yourself. i have been in the grocery store and people with food stamps are buying the best steaks and shrimp and et cetera while the rest of us are paying for it.  and donna writes when i go grocery shopping, i have restriction on what i can buy due to price, we work hard for our money and why should my tax dollars pay for someone to eat better than us? and if you like to share your two cents on the hot topic head to the wmar facebook fan page and leave a comment and we will share more of your comments throughout the rest of the morning show. now to another hot to he

can that a lot of people are talking about involving a beverage of a different kind. from the moment they find out they are pregnant women face a long list of things they can't consume and at the top of the list is alcohol. but as abc news tells us the study is raising questions about ham how much is at risk. >> reporter: we know the dirty looks pregnant women get for drinking alcohol. >> why do you avoid doing it in pub flick because you don't want to be accosted or even get the like evil eye. >> reporter: british researchers looked at more than 11,000 five-year-olds kids whose moms reported no drinking light drink one or two a week all the way to heavy drinking up to 7 drinks at a time. surprisingly, children of light drinksers showed no increase in behavioral issues like hyperactivity and had slightly higher cognitive test course versus those whose mothers who abtanned. the children of heavy drinkers are more likely to have lower

test scores when pregnant woman drinks so does her unborn child passing through the placenta via the umbilical cord and the fetus's liver is unable to process the alcohol like an adult and it attacks the developing central nervous system but the study sends a controversial mixed message. british researchers say they are not advocating a policy change and they will follow up as the children age. but american public health official remain cautious all drawing a hard line for pregnant women to avoid alcohol altogether. despite all the warnings, medical surveys suggest roughly 15% of american women drink while pregnant. >> love that sound. >> reporter: but most fear doing it publically. in the era of madmen no one gave outlook for drinking while pregnant. >> this is delicious. >> reporter: not today. most doctors see it as just 9 months of sobriety versus a lifetime of potential harm. abc news, new york.

>> medical expert in the united states say go with what your doctor says. consult your doctor if you are are pregnant and do what they tell you. new barroom. just before 4:00 on sunday afternoon i've shown this to you a number times they are watch. joe flacco lead the ravens back. and this was sent by sean o'keefe and i don't think anything captures the moment he hit tj to beat steelers. watch this. i wish we could turn it up. they are screaming and this was taken inside mothers on federal hill. everybody was screaming on sunday from your living room to the barroom and this was just one of the great moments that we were long remember the day we beat pittsburgh in pittsburgh. look. tongue out and that's the way to do it. >> right? >> right. >> please say yes.

>> it's pregnant pause. after bringing everything together. we have fantastic weather if anything it might be a little tough to stay inside and watch the game if you don't have tickets on sunday. but we are getting things back in order on basically the best possible time leading into the weekend. look what we came through. five days below normal. going back to the weekend, the last five days were below normal and on average we have been running 10 to 15 degrees below normal. longest stretch we have had of cold temperatures since the middle of february. yeah. after that harsh winter we have had it pretty good for most of the spring and almost too hot over the summer. now it's time to worm and normal high temperature for today, 706789 and we should get back in a hurry. and surpass that for at least the next five days. now we check out records we have been as low as 35 back in 2001 and we have been as high as 96 but that's way back in 1941. we are not going get close to that but a warm stretch this weekend. sun came out at 7:08 and down

at 6:40 and tack on to the temperatures we are dealing with this morning pushing 57 we have got the tritextar up towards fill deaf -- try texta up -- try text after up to philidelphia and -- try texta up to philidelphia. most of the weather pattern shifting from new york and new england with rain a little more persistent for today. across central new england treatment back edge of the rain pisteo -- pivoting through. and it kept us cool and kept us with the showers for the last couple days. well now that lifts out, we have got our safes large strep of real estate with dry weather going back from the ohio valley and deep south that allowss winds to shift and bring back warmer temperatures. beginning this afternoon, and it will build upon itself with one or two pullbacks as we head across the next fiefs day the for -- five days. today under sunshine of 73. and 3 beautiful degrees above

normal. for tonight, clear skies and slipping it back from mid-40s which means far north and west we could be actually kissing that 40 degree mark up across the pa line but we will all recover after a chilly start tomorrow. and a nice sunny warm afternoon and temperatures get back to about 76 degrees. at 76, it is going to pale in comparison to the start of the weekend and we will have the outlook including the ravens forecast and the full extension into the middle of next week coming up in the next half- hour. it's 9:08. back to you. >> thanks. you know, some of you are at home dusting off the resume online look for work. it's hard searching for work. >> it is. so coming one state has changed how people look for work. how putting people in jobs without the employer paying wages actually is helping people find new careers. and when it comes to the domestic violence, victims try to hide the signs and not report it. well, now, local groups are working to change all that. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable

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win. i am going to leave this program with full-time permanent employment. >> reporter: over the next six weeks. >> our mailboxs are up here. >> reporter: she gets to reinvent herself and collects unemployment. her employer gets free layer and -- labor and hopefully someone they want to hire. georgia walks certainly working already thousands have signed up. and 36% were hired permanently within the first six weeks. 63% found jobs within the next 90 days. the state says if a million americans across the country joined in, we could create another 6 30,000 jobs. georgia official say they had to do something out of the box because the same unemployment system we are familiar with has not changed in decades. >> our pot motto is take control of your economic destiny stimulate your ecomony. and create a job for yourself. >> reporter: ronda smith signed up after she lost her job in the business office at this arts and cultural senter. >> what we need. >> reporter: she apropped a

hotel and talked them into running the spa and in six weeks she was hired. today she has completely switched gears grown the business and hired more than a dozen people herself. >> as hard as getting laid off was and devastating it was there's definitely a bright light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: renee turner says she can now see that light. her boss told us today that they will be hiring someone and it could very well be renee. abc news, macon, georgia. >> and here's a reminder that good morning maryland at 9 continues to try to help you get back to work in this tough ecomony. so each wednesday we feature three video resumes on the air. send us an e-mail to best resumes at wmar.com leave us a microsoft word attachment and we will call you to come in and tape a 20 second video pitch and we will put it on the air and on the website. megan. thanks. it's 15 minutes after nine. let's go back to your two cents on today's hot topic on wmar

fan facebook. we asked you do you believe there should restriction on what you can buy with food stamps in regards to what they are doing in new york and carol writes no one needs soda. for many years my family couldn't afford any treats and we never taken government assistance. sherry rights and in principle i agree but maybe we need to monitor the program bet erin if someone on food stamps wants to do without something else to give their kid a special treat of a bottle of soda we don't need to begrudge it. if you want to leave your two crnts we want a know what you think. head to the facebook fan page and leave your comment and read the story there and we will share the comments throughout the morning's show. all right. now we want to tell you about something that's going on. it's a very cool project happening in baltimore right now. it's called sound scape project. sarh waters is here to tell us about it. thanks for coming in. this is so unique. >> thanks for having us. >> what is the sound scape project. >> the sound scape project is a

initiative of hearing speak agency and we will map the sound print of baltimore start on 10-10-10 we will take readings around the city and then we are inviting the general public to upload sounds from all around baltimore they find interesting to give our decibel map color. >> and this is interactive map. >> yes that's correct. so if you have a phone or a digital camera you can record sound with, you will be able to place your sound on the map upload it and tell us a little about maybe what where you are at or what you are doing, and then the general public can go in and explore the baltimore map and hear the different sounds of the baltimore area. >> so it starts sunday. how long will you work on this? when does it end? >> officially it runs for week, but unofficially, we will probably keep it up. we expect it to be a multiyear

project. and part of the thinking behind the project was not only to raise awareness of the hearing and speech agency and good work that we do, but also to get people thinking about sounds in their world to raise awareness about noise induced hearing loss but also an appreciation of your hearing protect your hearing. there's so many wonderful sounds in our world that really make our lives richer. and if we are aware of them or if we don't take our hearing for granted, then we will be more likely to protect our hearing. >> do you think we do take our hearing for granted and the wonderful sound in the communities that something we don't really appreciate every day? >> it could be. i think that people i think most people get a lot of joy from being able to hear certain things that if they sat down and thought about it, they would think yeah i. love music and i love you have great ideas for sounds that are just delightful

like someone had an idea to take the sound of senior tap dancing class. our world and lives are full of most delightful sounds and adds to our life so. it's good to keep in mind keep that radio down and keep the ipod down and get your hearing checked. >> okay. now i think ballmore is diverse. what kind of sounds do you expect to hear. >> so far we have had people uploads sounds from orioles game and sounds from stoney run park you know, the water bubbling and stuff like that. you have so many different sort of landscapes and city scapes and so hearing sounds from the harbor. >> such a cool idea. >> and patterson park. there's a lot of sounds and it's every day sounds you don't realize that you hear. >> so i am sitting maybe at my house and the bus comes by and i think i want to include that in this. so what does somebody do how do they get involved in. >> easy and free. you just go to the website go

to www.hosta.org/sound scape and register and there are step by step direction for how to record a sound and upload a sound and i think it's awesome so it starts on the 10th and. >> give us all the information again we will try to put it up on the screen for those of you at home and if you didn't get it, it will be on the website but give us the information. >> so again it's from there you will be able to register and get step by step directions for the best way to record and upload sounds. so the site as well as a way to contact us if you run into problems while recording sounds. >> okay. great and hafa. >> that's right. >> hafa.org and you have to come back when it's completed and give us a sample. >> yes. >> maybe your favorite or most unique sound you come across. >> could i add that whoever give us the best sound will become the baltimore first sound czar. >> sound czar. >> yes with business cards.

>> tough brit sound czar in as well. >> okay. >> sound czar could be you jamie. i will record you and see if i get the tight nile love it. i am going online right now. all right. next up, the final numbers are in from the sunday susan g komen race for the cure and you can help raise money for the fight against breast cancer. how five of them local golf courses will take part in the fight.

we continue to think pink all month-long. in fact all year long. here the numbers now from the komen maryland race for the cure. 1500 people registered for the race that morning and that brought the grand total to 28,500 people who laced up their hughes here. and meant more than 2.7 million dollars was raised for the komen maryland and that's leaving them short of the 3 million dollar goal for this year, but now here come the virtual race. that's take place online right now. if you register you will receive a t-shirt and be able to join other teams in the funds raised will count towards the teen competition ending on october the 31st and we will make it to the 3 million dollar goal. and you know what, leave it to the classic five to come up with a great fund raising in october here to fight breast cancer at

the american cancer society. we have carol clifton forest park joining mount pleasant and here's tom pierce director of marketing for the classic 5. it will go all month-long right. >> correct. >> saturday is the big deal. >> saturday our drive-in range at pine ridge we are having two events for people we are doing a closest to the pen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. come out for a $5 donation and get 3 golf balls and we will draw a circle around a pin and knowing that it's going to be 150 yard shot some of the people might not have the skill but if anyone gets it in the circle, develop get a sleeve of golf balls with pink ribbon and we will put them in a drawing for 10 rounds of free golf at any of the courses. >> this is the first time i've done this. >> yes. and from 10 to 2 we are offering the professionals pga golf professionals on hand to provide lessons, get 15-minute lesson and minimum donation of $10 and one-on-one lesson for everybody. so we are asking everybody to come out and if they are interested to call the driving range. >> that's over at pine ridge everybody on saturday.

but if we go over to clifton park or farce park we will see pink balls right. >> yes. we have put a jar at the golf courses at the driving range because we don't understand but people don't all play golf so anybody can come up and put in a donation and make a guess. winner can win free round of golf and anybody can participate all month. >> and tom you know, it gets personal tell us your story. >> my mother this january is two-year breast cancer survivor. >> great. that's you pared out. >> yep. >> how much money you think you will raise. >> that's something. >> any idea. >> that's something we have been talking about internal we are hoping to race couple,000 dollars and all money goes to the american cancer society as the strides against breast cancer initiative and all the money goes to that. >> and they are doing it all month but saturday get out to pine ridge and let's put it up on the board pine ridge and starts what time. >> 10 a.m. >> to 2 p.m. lessons close to the pin how far out are we

talking. >> about 150 yards. >> that's ball park territory right now. and private donations for a minimum of $10. weather is going to be great. aid great thing to do so get out to pine ridge. tom, thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> megan. >> thanks, guys. that is great. all too common crime where loved ones are the perpetrator and victim. coming up, how the university of maryland is shedding light on domestic violence and why awareness is key. and we want to remind you don't forget to e-mail us if you have a pet question for the doctor. send us the questions this morning. all tough do is shoot a quick e-mail to morning show at wmar.com and the address is on the screen write it down send us an e-mail.

now good morning, maryland at nine. october is the domestic violence awareness month. and that's why the university of maryland social workers hosted symposium where professional and personal experiences drew hundreds. abk2 news bill fink has more on how organizers hope to shed

light on a crime that's often covered up by victims. >> reporter: educators advocates and students and survivors gather for the inaugural patricia and auguster modell symposium on domestic vile answer program titled giving voice to the victims. >> the biggest red flag that i ignored is i didn't know i was supposed to look for a red flag. >> reporter: amonth panelists leslie morgan stineer a victim of domestic -- domestic violence. >> the violence was like nothing i ever heard of. he did difficult things like head held a gun to my head and pushed me down the stairs and he also did things that were baffling like he poured coffee grounds over my head as i got dressed for a job interview. >> reporter: through support from her community, leslie was able to leave the relationship before it was too late. now her time is devoted to educating those who may be the next victim. >> it defies every stereotype about women and victims being powerless i could have walked out and couldn't leave for years. >> reporter: the effects of

domestic violence reach beyond the couple. into every level of a family. >> homicide is now the leading cause of maternal mortality. that is death during pregnancy or in the first year after pregnancy. >> one in four teens will experience some form of dating violence before they complete high school. >> our children who are witnessing the violence or experiencing it in their homes are children who are bullying other children in the schools. >> reporter: it's about awareness. >> it affect you and your sister and mother and daughter. it's every where. it's not something that happens to people in a different part of town. it happens to all of us. >> reporter: organizers of the symposium hope by removing the silence the stigma and shame among domestic violence victims, they will come closer to ending the abuse. >> we share a collective responsibility in failing to share that, we surrender our children. >> reporter: in balmmore, bill fink, abk2 news.

>> now police across maryland are now using 12 questions to save the lives of domestic violence victims and only on abt2 news.com you can -- abc2news.com you can read the sorry on the development of the questions and see for yourself what they are. just head to our home page and check it out on the spotlight section. >> thanks. a local bank could have celebrated their 100th anniversary with a huge bash but instead they spent the money helping a local shelter director of the family crisis center. rebecca foster and president of the bank michael joins thus morning thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having us. let's start with you. what is the center do for the community? >> the family crisis center is a ghost being violence agency assisting families who experience violence in their homes. we do a variety of things. we have a safe shelter and victims advocates and batterers groups to teach batterers different way as to address problems and we are part of the project with the broughtmore --

did baltimore county police department. >> and i imagine that this shelter never is slow. always something is going on. >> we are full almost all the time. it's kind of very sad. problem right now is the financial crisis hit us and we have had to stop some of the services we are able to offer our clients. as the financial crisis hits society, that also increases the potential for violence within families because as we know financial crisis brings stress. and when people are stressed, then they may tend to get vilensent within their homes. when it hits us we have had to cut service and the service that is we are able to offer families are reduced so it's a bind. >> and it's a shame. >> yeah. >> how did you get involved in this? what does the bank have to do with the shelter. >> years ago, we were looking for a focus for our employee involvement and charitable giving and asked employees. and they came up with the family crisis center in dundalk where we should focus our efforts.

so, we give corporate donation and employees collect money and they dressed out on friday and put money into the account. we collect school supplies and thanksgiving food and christmas presents for the shelter. >> and then you have a big celebration coming up 100 years in business in the community and instead of having a party it was your employees who said let's. >> you said let's do something different and give it back to the shelter. >> what are you doing in. >> we -- next friday the october 22nd we will have a cake cutting which is going to be a big celebration and we will be presenting the shelter with some funds from both the employees and from the bank. what does this mean for employees? what kind of. >> i think he they get very excited about it. friday during football season they wear ravens jerseys and pay $5 that goes into an cpt that we are -- account that we collect for the shelter. they just -- they are really happy we are doing something like this. >> what does it mean to you? >> it makes a world of difference. we cannot survive without community support. we have a saying in the shelter

at our agency when someone somewhere cares, someone somewhere survives. and it is because of people like the employees at the bank that we are able to survive. and that somebody actually lives. >> and it's so great that the bank is so generous but you guys cannot survive just with one local business helping you out. you need the whole community to help you. >> we do. >> how do you need help? if someone is at home saying what can i do? what can people do it's a variety of things that people can do. we need help with our operational budget. and the financial crisis has hit us. donations are down. and we have like i said had to cut employees and that type of thing. but we need operational things to keep the shelter operating. we started a toilet paper club. and people can donate towards toilet paper paper towels and that type of thing. they can give us a call and you will have the number up later. >> give it in case someone is at home. >> 410-285-7496. and we need all types of things

sometimes we need pillows and sometimes we need slippers. people come to us with nothing. they may come -- we had a family show up one day in hospital johnies. and that's all they had. we had to provide clothing and slippers and diapers and we need everything. everything that you need to live that's what we need. and i really want to thank the employees at the bank because they have really come behind us and they have given us school supplies, and christmas presents and food and at holiday time. but i want to tell you this one story one of the employees came through and they did a tour last year. it was just when everyone was talk about the h1n1 virus. in the shelter our families have individual bedroom they don't have to share with others but we have everything else is community. and so the employee came through and realized we were talking about the h1n1 virus and how everyone was quarantined to the bedrooms and when the family was in there and the kids with

their moms they have nothing to do. and the employee look at the rooms and said okay, my goodness someday we would like to put a tv in here. the employee got behind that and gave us a tv for each bedroom. >> wow. >> amazing. >> you must be proud. >> we are very proud. and very happy to support it and we have collection box in the branches that we will forward money to for the shelter. >> all right. so drop stuff off to you. thanks for coming in happy anniversary. >> thanks very much. >> isn't that great. >> great effort. once again, we return to your two cents on today's hot topic on wmar facebook fan page. you believe there should be restriction on what you can buy with food stamps? nia rights in i am on a tight budget and can make sensible food purchases so a person on states budget ought to manage the same and steven asked so food stamps shouldn't be used to buy a cake and drinks for a child's birthday party? if you like to share your two cents head to the wmar facebook

fan page leave us a comment and we will share more comments throughout the rest of good morning maryland here at nine. cat lovers are dedicated their pets but sometimes this time of year can be a challenge. coming, we tas tackle the hair balls how to a help your cat avoid them or deal with them and they were there for a show and they got a show and surprise. how a soldier made sure his girlfriend was taken care of for the rest of their lives. good stuff. you know what else? it's national popcorn month weep do popcorn trivia as we cuddle up with popcorn power. never cuddle up to a stuffed popcorn before have you? we will do that later. a and we are doing sunshine outside. 57 and we broke the cold stroke and we have great weather into the weekend. more of that and more of good morning, maryland, after this. kkkko

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thanks for joining thus morning. all right. every day we ask you send e-mails if something is happening in the community let us know and we will share it. this is the perfect event. get it because it's on 10-10- 10. >> good. >> yeah you like that? the perfect event and it's fun. legends and celebrities all coming out for a red carpet event to benefit autism and cancer and youth programs. so it's happening in baltimore and they have a huge list of celebrities that will be there. i will name a few. darryl strawberry. >> no kidding. >> doug e fresh brian white and there's lot of stars heading out there for a great cause. it's a cocktail party and probably dancing and dinner drinks and a if you would like more information there's a number to call and a e-mail address. mary grace wants you to know about the fall fashion show hosted by ladies auction riel next wednesday at 11:30 to 3 at he will qat city and proceeds

benefit 4reu8 sisters of the poise building fund call 410-799-7233 if you wants tickets to the big fall fashion show. >> we love the community events and want to know what he happening in your neighborhood. tell us. e-mail us at morning show at wmar.com and we fight over events if someone sends them to both of us. we will do rock scissors paper. so send it to us or morning show. >> and tim brought this in, the new beef jerky tear okayy. >> you have to try it. >> it's online but it will be in stores coming up in the spring. they are sending this one off to the hall of fame in cooperstown because they want you know pop culture and there it is. ripkin power. >> you give it a try. listen, cat lovers are dedicated their pets. they try to make sure they are healthy and do everything they can to take it seriously. coming, we will try to help out one of the annoying help problem for cats. hair balls. how to prevent and treat them.

his wife says you make the sound with the cat has hair ball new brought in lemon. >> we brought in lemon from the spca and thought we would talk about hair balls to let the viewers understand what they are. this time of the year, we are

seeing cats groom themselves more than normal because they are trying to shed out summer coat and grow in a winter cope coat and as they do this they catch hair and swallow it and when they swail wrote hair it builds up in the stomach and cause gi upset problem and we have been seeing a lot of cats vomiting and having intestinal problems because of that. so i thought i would. >> lemon is comfortable. >> yes relaxing i thought i would show you if you have a cat especially a long-haired cat they shed more and get more hair balls. pick up some medication and it's a cadillacstive -- it's a cat laxative and it's a lubricant that lubekiry kate the hair and it passes out of the stomach and goes into the intestinal track and we will see if we can get a good picture. lem op is not going relax. squirt it in their mouth and it's like peanut but the erin let it stick to the -- but if you give it a inch that will

lubricate the hair to get it out of stomach and pass out in the litter pan and you don't have to deal with it. >> twice a week in if you've problem do it every day for a week and twice a week after that for maintenance. >> you can make something so gross seem so easy. all right that's good piece of advice you have a question from viewer. >> an e-mail from a viewer who has a dog that's been having a lot of vomiting and diarrhea i wanted to try to talk to the listeners aley little bit. if you have a pet that's vomiting it can be a fairly serious problem if it goes or for any length of time but if they are vomiting for four or five hours or once or twice and don't do it anymore they may not need to see a vet for medical care. but if it's for 24 hours and you need to call the vet and have them go -- have them examine the pet to make sure we don't get any dehydration or any problems. if you got a diarrhea problem that can go on longer. you can do that for 72 hours and treat that at home. it's easier to try to treat diarrhea you put the animal on

cook ground beef and rice or chicken and rice and see if the diarrhea clears up. if it doesn't, call the vet and have him treat it. >> okay. and then the cat product where can it be found. >> pet stores and veterinary hospitals and it's an important thing if you have an especially long-haired cat because they vomit up the hair balls and it's all over the carpet and floor and it's irritating to the stomach and we want to thank lemon for coming in lemon is a 7-year-old female and she is pretty good demonstrateor. >> she is a great demonstrateor and is up for adoption and is as cuddly as you can be even the noncat lovers in the studio said she is sweet. don't forget about the doctor and lemon. jamie. >> all right. let's get back to the face boob fan page right now. and let's take look at the question. do you believe that there should be a restriction on what you can buy with food stamps. that's the question of the day. and here are the responses that we are getting in right now. and this is coming in from

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now maryland's most powerful doppler radar. and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. how about we give it a rest. they earned it. yesterday's high temperatures 60 degrees. i wanted to point out yesterday's high 63 common across the delmarva from ocean is they. stuck in the 50s from york to hagerstown and oakland at 45. that's yesterday's high temperature. and a lot of us closing in on yesterday's mark here at 10 in the morning. we will go wet well past that

and should hit the 70s here around baltimore. this is the time of the year north and west could be a little cooler. and you're right by the bay and insulating effect by the chesapeake and water that cools down takes longer to cool down than the air and land does. and you will hold onto milder temperatures. but we are getting a fair a sunshine watching the old storm complex and cloud bands moving out of new york and rain through new england into the lunch hour. an improvement later on today but the future forecast highlighted about nothing. we need a break and we will get that break for a couple days. if anything it will be a boring weather pattern to watch the thermometer rise. today about 73 as the two degree guarantee that runs about 3 degrees above normal. tonight back into the mid-40s and it will be chilly and a daybreak you may need the jacket but it's one thing you will carry home as we head into the afternoon as we go for 76. the weekend looks so good. if you don't get a chance to take off tomorrow, or even take

off on monday we got the saturday and sunday deal. 78 on saturday which means we will be close to 80 in some spots. and pushing 75 on sunday with a little shift to cooler air getting in here but back to 78 on monday. and next weather system which puts us back into the mid-70s. bringing in rain on tuesday and wednesday. >> all right. it was a scene out of movies. >>i don't know -- you've seen it. it is cute a surprise last night's cirque dreams illumination at the hippodrome. take a peek. this is the orchestra kit involving a scarlet and jealous boyfriend and it end happily because the soldier got down on a knee and proposed to his girlfriend jennifer. >> i assumed it was random luck, chance. i assumed it was because of his uniform.

but, he got chosen and it's no idea but it was set up. i understand yes has been a little nervous all night. >> i really wanted to do something special. so i contacted the website and asked if we can do this and they were happily able to set this up and work with me on this. >> she said yes. he returned from his third tour of duty in iraq. the couple hopes to have a little time to plan their wet wedding. congratulationses to them. >> that's great, huh? >> what's up with the popcorn. >> exactly. good stretch by the way. we have got mr. popcorn here it's national popcorn month. and the fine folks at.popcorn.org sent in this display of multiple flavors. and i called dips on the dil pickel which i am getting dirty looks but it's plenty flavors here. and national popcorn month i got trivia here and i thought i would pick out some of the fun stuff. how high can popcorn colonels

pop? >> i will say 25 feet. >> that's launching of the a pumpkin on eastern shore. 3 feet buddy. this is a weather related question. to pop the moisture content of popcorn should be the moisture content the moisture. >> the moisture content. >> 13.5%. don't know how they figured it out. needless to say, americans eat 16 billion cords of popcorn. this is the time for kettle corn and throwing out carmel and national popcorn month and popcorn.org nonprofit but you will find more information there. >> see you tomorrow. >> 25 feet? >> what's wrong with you.

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